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Lira Tumbles, Turkish Stocks Enter Bear Market After US Issues Ultimatum; Russia Furious
Lira Tumbles, Turkish Stocks Enter Bear Market After US Issues Ultimatum; Russia Furious The Turkish Lira tumbled as much as 1% against the dollar, leading a decline across emerging markets… … while Turkish stock market losses accelerated as the Borsa Istanbul 100 Index falls 1.5%, declining for a 6th day and 13 of the past […]
The Struggle Is The Meaning 318
The Struggle Is The Meaning 318 There is no conceivable interest of the ordinary people of the Western world being served by the crazed decision of their governments to firmly take the Sunni side in the Sunni/Shia tensions of the Islamic world, and to do so in a fashion which deliberately exacerbates points of armed conflict […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 21st 2019 “He knew everything about literature, except how to enjoy it…” Waves of negative news headlines battering markets. Might have to wear a hat.. Huawei – Trade War Threat Level Rises The Huawei embargo raises the trade war threat from undeclared to imminent shooting match. While it’s not quite […]
“No Talks, Only Resistance”: Iran’s Rouhani Slams Door On Trump’s “Call Me” Overture
“No Talks, Only Resistance”: Iran’s Rouhani Slams Door On Trump’s “Call Me” Overture At a moment the US Navy conducted provocative military exercises in the Arabian Sea on Monday, Iran’s president responded to overtures by Trump that Tehran should “call me” with a firm line of, “No talks, only resistance.” US military statements highlighted the Arabian Sea drills were specifically […]
Establishment Narrative Managers Struggle With New Syria Plot Holes
Establishment Narrative Managers Struggle With New Syria Plot Holes It has been about a week since the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (WGSPM) published a leaked internal document from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria last year. The document, whose authenticity the OPCW has confirmed, contends that the […]
China’s Nuclear Option to Sell US Treasurys, Report 19 May
China’s Nuclear Option to Sell US Treasurys, Report 19 May There is a drumbeat pounding on a monetary issue, which is now rising into a crescendo. The issue is: China might sell its holdings of Treasury bonds—well over $1 trillion—and crash the Treasury bond market. Since the interest rate is inverse to the bond price, […]
Media Setting Up Iran as New ‘Threat’ That Must Be Confronted
Media Setting Up Iran as New ‘Threat’ That Must Be Confronted Once again the Washington Post (5/14/19) presents the United States as “drifting toward war”—this time with Iran. The Washington Post editorial’s headline (5/14/19) had the US “drifting” toward war with Iran—another example, as analyst Nima Shirazi quipped, of the “world’s superpower somehow having no agency over its own imperialism.” […]
Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming
Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming Back in April of 2018, when the trade war with China was still in its early stages, we explained that among the five “nuclear” options Beijing has to retaliate against the US, one was the block of rare-earth exports to the US, potentially crippling countless US supply […]
That Time John Bolton Said It’s Good To Lie About War
That Time John Bolton Said It’s Good To Lie About War Journalist Whitney Webb recently tweeted a 2010 video clip I’d never seen before featuring US National Security Advisor John Bolton defending the use of deception in advancing military agendas, which highlights something we should all be paying attention to as Trump administration foreign policy becomes increasingly Boltonized. On […]
Russia Announces Delivery Of More Supplies To Venezuela’s Military
Russia Announces Delivery Of More Supplies To Venezuela’s Military Even after repeat threats issued to Moscow from President Trump himself — including recently saying bluntly “Russia has to get out” — the Russian military now appears so unconcerned by such warnings that it’s simply announcing its Maduro support actions ahead of time via state media. Russian news agency TASS said Friday, citing a military-diplomatic source, […]
On Hostile Coexistence with China
On Hostile Coexistence with China President Trump’s trade war with China has quickly metastasized into every other domain of Sino-American relations. Washington is now trying to dismantle China’s interdependence with the American economy, curb its role in global governance, counter its foreign investments, cripple its companies, block its technological advance, punish its many deviations from […]
The OPCW, Douma & The Skripals
The OPCW, Douma & The Skripals In view of the latest revelations from the leaked report, which seem to prove that at least some elements of the Douma “chemical attack” were entirely staged, we want to take look back at the chaotic events of Spring 2018. What was the agenda behind the Douma false flag?Why […]
Exxon Evacuates All Foreign Staff From Iraqi Oilfield On Security Concerns
Exxon Evacuates All Foreign Staff From Iraqi Oilfield On Security Concerns At the end of a week that’s witnessed a dangerous US military build-up in the Persian Gulf amid anti-Iran war rhetoric, Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield, flying them to Dubai until “the situation is secure,” according […]
US-Iran Showdown Is One False-Flag Attack Away From Global Calamity
US-Iran Showdown Is One False-Flag Attack Away From Global Calamity Hypocritical to the core, the execution of false-flag events spare aggressive states the ignominy of appearing in public as the warmongering psychopaths they are, lest their subjects get the wrong idea as to exactly who is governing over them. The last thing tyrannical rulers want, […]
